03 February 2022

He's Out Already?

The cop who murdered Laquan McDonald has been released from prison.

It appears that shooting a mentally ill 17 year old kid 16 times results in only 3 years incarcerated, at least if the victim is black, even if almost all of the shots were fired when the victim was wounded and laying on the ground:

Ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke was released from custody early Thursday after serving three years in prison for the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, and faced a deafening condemnation from community leaders and politicians who wanted him to remain behind bars.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot called his release a “supreme disappointment.” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said it was a “gross miscarriage of justice.”

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx urged action “on the federal level” against Van Dyke, something the Black teen’s family has been pressing.

McDonald’s grandmother Tracey Hunter has been one of the loudest advocates for federal charges against Van Dyke, who is white. “I just want this man to get the rightful time.”

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Van Dyke was released at 12:15 a.m. Thursday from Taylorville Correctional Center outside Springfield, serving about half of his 81-month sentence because of time credited for good behavior.

Van Dyke was the first Chicago police officer in nearly 50 years to a face murder charge for an on-duty killing. The charges were filed after a video of the 2014 shooting was ordered released by a judge.

Van Dyke was convicted in 2018 of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery — one for each bullet he fired at McDonald.

I am disgusted.

2 comments :

Jim Harmon said...

Forget it, Jake. It's Chitown.

Matthew Saroff said...

That is literally the most depressing comment ever to appear on my blog.

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